Label-pasting board.



PATENTBD DEC. {1, 1906.

- G. N BYL. LABEL PAST'ING BOARD.

APEPLIOATION FILED JAN-10, 1906.

WuYo a m 1 w W e w a WITNESSES.

A TTOHNE Y3 WASHINGTON, n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE N. BYL, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOJOSEPH KOEHLER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

LABEL-PASTING BOARD.

-- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE N. BYL, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and Improved Label-Pasting Board, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to construct a board upon, which labelsmay be laid in regular order to receive a coating of an adhesivematerial and to provide means whereby the labels in any row or seriesmay be instantly raised at one of their ends from the board withoutsoiling the hands of the operator, the labels occupying a position atthat time which enables the operator to quickly remove them with theleast possible inconvenience and without danger of lacerating or soilingthe labels.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide a board of thecharacter described which will be simple, compact, and economic inconstruction, and so that when a row or a series of labels has beenelevated at one of its ends as described the means employed for thepurpose may be quickly and readily locked to hold the labels in theiradjusted position as long as may be required.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures. 4

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the board, illustrating its manner ofuse and operation. Fig. 2 is a bottom edge view of a portion of theboard drawn upon an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a top edge view of aportion of the board drawn upon the same scale as Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 isan enlarged front face view of a section of the upper edge portion ofthe board.

A represents a board, preferably made of wood and of any desirable sizeand thickness; but in the construction of said board any suitablematerial may be employed. hen the board, however, is constructed fromwood, it is usually provided with Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

Application filed January 10, 1906. Serial No. 295,416.

strengthening-strips 10, located, for eXample, upon its under face atits end portions.

A series of parallel grooves 11 is made in the front face of the boardA, extending from the lower to the upper edges of the board and throughsaid edges, and the said grooves are usually placed a uniform distanceapart,

although I do not confine myself to such an arrangement.

In the upper edgeof the board a series of recesses B is produced, arecess being provided for each groove 11. These recesses B arediagonally formed in the said board, extending through the front face ofsaid board, and where they thus extend the said recesses at one outerwall are adjacent to a groove 11, as is shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Eachrecess B is given the same inclination,

inclining from an edge of the board away from the groove in connectionwith which the recess is to be employed. Each recess B consists of achannel portion 12 and a mouth portion 12 which is much wider than thechannel portion, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3.

In connection with each groove 11 and cooperating recess B adislodging-arm C is employed, and each dislodging-arm is preferably inthe form of abail, as illustrated. Each of said arms C comprises a bodymember 13, adapted to normally enter a groove 11 and when so entered tobe back of the plane of the front face of the board. Said body member 13is of greater length than the length of the groove 11 it is to enter. Inthe further construction of the bail-arm O end members 14 are employed,being at right angles to the body member 13, and each end member 14 isprovided in its turn with an offset 15, (shown in Fig. 4,) which offsetsare at the free ends of the end members 14, or the ends farthest removedfrom the body members 13, and said ofl'sets 15 extend inward or indirection toward each other, preferably parallel with the body member13, as is also indicated in Fig. 4. The offsets 15 of the variousdislodging-arms or bails C are made to loosely enter apertures in thelower edge of the board and corresponding apertures in the upper edge ofthe board, the upper apertures being located at the rear end portions ofthe bodysections 12 of the said recesses B, as is indicated in Fig. 3.

When the board is used, it is preferably given a slight inclination, asis shown in Fig. 1, and the vertical or body members 13 of the said armsare made to rest in the grooves 11 in the front of the board,- while theupper end members 14 rest upon the plane upper edge portions of theboard, as is shown to the right in Fig. 3. The face of the board may nowbe given a coating of any adhesive material, and the labels are placedback down 11 on the coated surface of the board, one be ow the other, insuch manner that one of their edges extends over the body member 13 of adislodging bail-arm C, as isshown in Fig. 1. Thus the labels D are invertical rows or series for operative purposes, but can be arranged inrows or series extending in both directions, so as to rovide for thegreatest possible number of labels upon a board of given size.

When it is desired to remove the labels D of a row, for example, thedislodging bail-arm C belonging to that row is turned upon itspivotsover the board, as is shown to the right in Fig. 1, thus elevatingthe ends of the labels D, which rested upon the body portion of thatarm. The bail-arm lifted is then permitted to. drop endwise until itsupper end member 13 rests in the recess belonging to that particular rowof labels D, whereupon the labels are held elevated at their dislodgedend portions, as is shown to the right in Figs.

.1 and 2, and such labels 'may then be re moved with great rapidity andwith comparatively little inconvenience and without danger of laceratingor soiling the labels.

The operation above mentioned may be conducted with great despatch.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In labeling devices, a board having a plane of theworking face of the board and groove therein, and a dislodging-armpivoted to the board for movement to'and from the said groove.

2. In labeling devices, a board having a groove in its working faceextending through opposite edges, and a dislodging-arm having a hingedand sliding locking connection with the board, a portion of the armbeing adapted to normally rest in said groove and to be carried. outtherefrom to a point beyond the temporarily locked in such position.

3. In labeling devices, a board having a groove in its working faceextending through 5 5 opposite edges, a dislodging-arm having a hingedand sliding locking connection with the board, a portion of the armbeing adapted to normally rest in said groove and to be carried outtherefrom to a point beyond the plane of the working face of the board,and. means for locking the arm in its' outer position.

4. In labeling devices, a board having a groove in its working faceextending through 65 opposite edges of the board, a dislodgingarm ofsubstantially bail construction, having its terminals pivoted inopposite edges of v the board, the body portion of the arm being adaptedto normally rest in the said groove, 7o said arm being capable of alocking sliding movement and of rocking movement to and from the groove,and means for temporarily locking'the body portion above the plane ofthe groovedface of the board.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of. two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE N. BYL. Witnesses:

W. L. I'IOFFMAN, 'JAs. V. l\/IEADE.

